Aerosol impact on the South China Sea biogeochemistry: An early assessment from remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Lin, I I ^a   Wong, George T F ^b   Lien, Chun Chi ^a   Chien, Chin Ying ^c   Huang, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Jen Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION DATA; NUTRIENT SOURCES; SEAWIFS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 71949090133     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037484     Document Type: Article

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